Film

Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

1969 · 1h 50m · Action · Drama

IMDb

7.1

Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey after the death of her father. After collecting her sickly follower from jail, she is taken in by a fishing village. Feeling indebted to their generosity, she stays to work for the village and promises to leave her yakuza ways behind. When a dispute breaks out for the gambling rights to a local festival, the villagers are harassed by a gang of thugs. When the harassment turns violent, Oryu must decide wither to keep her promise or protect the villagers.

Sumiko Fuji

Ryuko Yano/Oryu-The Red Peony

Kyōsuke Machida

Koji Tsuruta

Bin Amatsu

Narutogawa

Tetsuro Tamba

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Torakichi Kumasaka

Kōtarō Satomi

Seizaburō Kawazu

Keiji Takamiya

Yuriko Mishima

Kiyoshi Hitomi

Auto Yokoyama

Kenji Kusumoto

Jushiro Kobayashi

Hiroshi Nawa

Hiroshi Arikawa

• Kōsaku YamashitaDirector
• Kazuo KasaharaScreenplay
• Norifumi SuzukiScreenplay
• Osamu FuruyaDirector of Photography
• Takeo WatanabeOriginal Music Composer
• Shintarō MiyamotoEditor

Release date

October 1, 1969

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Action, Drama